India’s healthcare and healthtech sectors are undergoing a transformative phase driven by technological innovation, demographic shifts, increased investment, and evolving policy frameworks. From hospitals and pharmaceutical companies to medical device manufacturers and digital health platforms, the sector is marked by a confluence of traditional healthcare delivery and disruptive health technologies. This fast-evolving landscape presents unique opportunities as well as regulatory, operational, and litigation-related challenges for businesses, investors, and service providers.
At KNM & Partners, our Healthcare & HealthTech Practice supports clients in navigating the complex legal and regulatory environment of this critical industry. The Firm brings together its strengths in corporate transactions and dispute resolution to deliver end-to-end legal support that is commercially sound, risk-sensitive, and aligned with sector-specific regulatory expectations.
The Firm has extensive experience advising hospitals, healthtech startups, pharmaceutical manufacturers, device companies, clinical research organisations, and investors operating across the healthcare and wellness value chain. From structuring investments and joint ventures to resolving disputes and regulatory actions, the Firm offers strategic counsel to safeguard business interests and enable sustainable growth.
The Firm understands the intricacies of healthcare business models, digital health platforms, telemedicine, and e-pharmacies, ensuring that clients comply with India’s healthcare laws, privacy requirements, and emerging digital health regulations. Whether it involves regulatory disputes, investor conflicts, supply chain disagreements, or intellectual property claims, the Firm’s disputes team is well-equipped to defend client interests before courts, arbitral tribunals, and regulatory bodies.
In a sector where legal risks often intersect with reputational and patient safety concerns, the Firm’s approach focuses on balancing commercial priorities with legal compliance, enabling its clients to innovate, expand, and operate with confidence.
Our Expertise
Advising on the acquisition, merger, or strategic collaboration of healthcare and healthtech businesses, including due diligence, negotiation, and transactional documentation.
Structuring investments and joint ventures in the healthcare sector, including foreign direct investment advisory, regulatory approvals, and risk allocation mechanisms.
Advising healthcare providers, manufacturers, and digital health platforms on licensing, accreditations, telemedicine guidelines, drug regulatory laws, and data protection obligations.
Representing clients in commercial disputes involving healthcare services, joint ventures, investor exits, and supply chain disagreements before courts, arbitral tribunals, and consumer forums.
Advising and representing clients in regulatory disputes, show-cause notices, and enforcement actions initiated by healthcare regulators, drugs authorities, or health data protection bodies.
Handling disputes concerning medical patents, trademarks, proprietary software, and licensing disagreements involving healthtech platforms and device makers.
Assisting clients in mediating and arbitrating disputes involving cross-border healthcare collaborations, licensing agreements, and complex investor conflicts.
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Our Experience
- Healthcare M&A Transactions
Advised domestic and international investors on the acquisition and structuring of healthcare ventures, hospitals, and diagnostics chains, ensuring compliance with licensing and investment regulations. - Support to HealthTech Startups
Assisted emerging healthtech startups in structuring entities, negotiating founder and investor arrangements, securing funding, and protecting proprietary technology and data assets. - Market Entry & Regulatory Compliance for Pharma & Devices
Guided pharmaceutical and medical device companies through India’s regulatory maze, including market entry strategies, regulatory approvals, and navigating disputes with regulators. - Litigation & Dispute Management
Represented hospitals, diagnostic centres, and wellness platforms in disputes related to service delivery, contractual breaches, IP infringements, and regulatory violations, securing favourable outcomes through litigation and ADR.
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